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1
A proton (q=e, mp=1.67 x 10-27 kg) is accelerated from rest through a potential difference of 1.0 MV. What is the final speed?
A)1.4 x 107 m/s
B)1.4 x 104 m/s
C)3.5 x 1016 m/s
D)1.4 x 10-1 m/s
2
Determine the electric potential at a distance of 3.0 cm from a point charge of 500µC.
A)150 MV
B)150 V
C)5 GV
D)150 TV
3
A point charge of +2.0µC is placed at the origin of coordinates. A second, of -3.0µC, is placed on the x-axis at x=100 cm. At what point (or points) on the x-axis will the "electric" potential be zero?
A)x = 60 cm and x = 300 cm
B)x = -40 cm and x = 20 cm
C)x = -200 cm and x = -40 cm
D)x = 40 cm and x = -200 cm
4
An electron has a speed of 6.0 x 105 m/s as it passes point A on its way to point B. Its speed at B is 12 x 105 m/s. What is the potential difference between A and B, and which is at the higher potential?
A)0.17 V, B
B)4.1 V, B
C)3.1 V, B
D)3.1 x 10-10 V, B
5
Determine the charge on each plate of a 0.050-µF capacitor when the potential difference between the plates is 200 V.
A)10 µC
B)4.0 x 109 C
C)2.5 x 10-10 C
D)10 C
6
The potential difference between two large parallel metal plates is 120 V. The plate separation is 3.0 mm. Find the electric field between the plates.
A)40 V/m toward the negative plate
B)0.36 V/m toward the negative plate
C)40 kV/m toward the positive plate
D)40 kV/m toward negative plate
7
A potential difference of 24 kV maintains a downward-directed electric field between two horizontal parallel plates separated by 1.8 cm. Find the charge on an oil droplet of mass 2.2 x 10-13 kg that remains stationary in the field between the plates.
A)1.6 x 10-18 C = 10e
B)9.0 x 10-17 C = 562e
C)1.6 x 10-15 C = 10000e
D)1.6 x 10-16 C = 1000e
8
A capacitor with air between its plates has capacitance of 3.0µF. What is its capacitance when wax of dielectric constant 2.8 is placed between the plates?
A)0.93 µF
B)1.1 µF
C)24 µF
D)8.4 µF
9
Compute the energy stored in a 60-pF capacitor (a) when it is charged to a potential difference of 2.0 kV and (b) when the charge on each plate is 30 nC.
A)(a) 0.12 mJ (b) 7.5 µJ
B)(a) 120 mJ (b) 2.7 x 10-26 J
C)(a) .12 nJ (b) 250 J
D)(a) 60 nJ (b) 7.5 J
10
(a) Calculate the capacitance of a capacitor consisting of two parallel plates separated by a layer of paraffin wax 0.50 cm thick, the area of each plate being 80 cm2. The dielectric constant for the wax is 2.0. (b) If the capacitor is connected to a 100-V source, calculate the charge on the capacitor and the energy stored in the capacitor.
A)(a) 280 nF (b) 3.6 TC, 0.14 µJ
B)(a) 28 pF (b) 2.8 nC, 0.14 µJ
C)(a) 11 pF (b) 280 fC, 0.14 µJ
D)(a) 28 fF (b) 2.8 nC, 0.14 pJ







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